Senior Health Care Support Worker - Breast Services (Peterborough)

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough site, is seeking a part-time Senior Health Care Support Worker in the Breast Unit. The post is 0.59 WTE on a fixed-term basis for 10 months, working within Symptomatic Breast Outpatient Clinics to support patients referred to the service.

The successful candidate will care for patients, support clinicians, mentor new staff, and ensure patient safety and dignity at all times in a busy clinical team.

Qualifications

• NVQ / QCF Level 3 in health-related subject or demonstrable equivalent experience
• Maths and English skills equivalent to Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy
• Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Always acting in the patient's best interests, ensuring patient safety is maintained and patient experience is positive
• Providing individualised personal and clinical care, respecting personal beliefs and preferences
• Protecting and maintaining the patient's privacy and dignity at all times
• Demonstrates duties to new starters and supervises students and junior staff, mentoring new Healthcare support workers
• Alerting the Registered Practitioner to any change or concern relating to the welfare of a patient

Job description

Senior Health Care Support Worker - Breast Services (Peterborough)

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Breast Unit at Peterborough City Hospital for a Senior Health Care Support Worker post at 22.25 hours. The Breast Unit incorporates Breast Screening Services and also Breast Outpatient Symptomatic clinics. It is a busy department that works very closely with the Cancer Services Clinical Business Unit.

*Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a part time Senior Health Care Support Worker (0.59 WTE) to join us within the Breast Unit of Peterborough City Hospital.

The successful candidate will work within our Symptomatic Breast Outpatient Clinics, be caring, have good communication skills and a willingness to learn and develop. Our Health Care Support Workers are an intrinsic part of our clinical teams, working closely with our Breast Care Practitioners offering support to patients who have been referred to our service.

The role responsibilities include:

1. Always acting in the patient's best interests, ensuring patient safety is maintained and patient experience is positive by caring for all patients, relatives and colleagues with respect, dignity, compassion and courtesy in accordance with the Trust values.

2. Providing individualised personal and clinical care, respecting personal beliefs and preferences.

3. Protecting and maintaining the patient's privacy and dignity at all times.

4. Demonstrates own duties to new starters/ supervises work of students and junior staff. Acting as a Mentor for new Healthcare support workers.

5. Alerting the Registered Practitioner to any change or concern relating to the welfare of a patient in a timely manner.

About us

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role. Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• NVQ / QCF Level 3 in a health-related subject or demonstrable equivalent experience supported by completion of a competency-based clinical skills framework
• Maths and English skills equivalent to Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy
• Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent experience

Key Skills/Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly in English in writing, via IT, verbally and using the telephone

Experience & Knowledge

• Experience of working as a Healthcare Support Worker
• Experience of caring for patients in an acute setting
• Experience of working within a team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Breast Unit - North West Anglia Foundation Trust (Peterborough Site)

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

176-M-8220996-A

Job locations

Breast Unit - North West Anglia Foundation Trust (Peterborough Site)